History Instructor, Tenure-Track

Thank you for your interest in Truckee Meadows Community College. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact Human Resources at (775) 673-7168 or humanresources@tmcc.edu.

Job Description

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about history but ready to move beyond the "old school" lecture model? Do you see the potential for history to not only illuminate the past but also prepare students for today's rapidly evolving workforce? Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) is seeking a visionary, student-centered, full-time, 9-month, in-person, tenure-track History Instructor who can bring the past to life through innovative, interdisciplinary teaching.

This isn't just about teaching world history (though you'll do that too). We're looking for someone who can bridge history with digital tools, data analysis, and emerging technologies - including artificial intelligence - to help students connect historical inquiry with modern career skills. Whether integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods, collaborating with colleagues in other disciplines, or guiding students in the use of digital archives and visual media, you will help reimagine what a 21st-century history education can be.

Why Join TMCC?

• Innovative Environment: Be part of a college that embraces cross-disciplinary collaboration and new approaches to teaching.
• Workforce-Relevant Learning: Connect historical thinking to skills like data literacy, AI integration, and digital communication that students can carry into diverse careers.
• Student Impact: Inspire learners from all backgrounds to see history as relevant, dynamic, and deeply connected to today's world.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach 30 (15/15) credit or contact hours during the academic year in various modalities as assigned, including in-person (required), hybrid, online, live-virtual, and dual-credit high school courses, per the needs of the program.
• Teach across historical fields - world, European, American, and other areas as needed.
• Integrate digital tools, data analysis, and emerging technologies (including AI) into historical instruction.
• Support student learning outcomes assessment processes by teaching toward approved learning outcomes and assessing student performance.
• Assist with curriculum and program review, revision, and assessment. Aid in the development of new course materials and innovative instructional techniques that improve student learning.
• Collaborate with faculty across disciplines to design innovative courses and programming.
• Work closely with department peers and administrators to become an effective teacher and contributing member of the academic unit.
• Aid in the development of new instructional techniques that connect history to today's workforce needs.
• Participate in department, division, and college service, including recruitment and retention efforts.
• Hold 5 regular office hours for student advising and support per week.
• Engage in professional development to stay current in both historical scholarship and evolving teaching technologies. Complete training outlined in TMCC's Faculty Standards of Online Instruction, when and as needed.
• Attend and actively participate in College events, department and division meetings, college or Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) committees, and community service activities.
• Travel occasionally to community and workforce sites, conferences, events, and so on, per the needs of the program.
• Communicate and interact in a professional and collegial manner with faculty, students, staff, and administration, in the best interests of the college and the people it serves.
• Comply with departmental administrative responsibilities and published college and NSHE policies and procedures.
• Uphold the Mission, Vision, and Values of TMCC and perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with them.
• Adhere to the published codes of NSHE as detailed in the Board of Regents Handbook.
• Adhere to the Code of Ethical Standards of the State of Nevada (Nevada Revised Statutes 281A.400-281A.480).
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's degree in History or a closely related field from a regionally accredited institution.

2. Two (2) or more years of higher education teaching experience with diverse learners.

3. Ability to teach world history and additional historical fields such as European, American, or other global areas as needed both in person and virtually.

4. Demonstrated interest or experience in interdisciplinary teaching that connects history with real-world applications.

Preferred Qualifications

1.Experience or demonstrated interest in applying digital tools and technologies, such as:

• Working with digital records or visual media
• Preserving or curating digital archives
• Using historical sources that require data analysis
• Familiarity with data analysis software or basic programming concepts
• Integrating artificial intelligence into teaching and learning
• Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in historical inquiry

2. Experience collaborating with faculty in other disciplines to enhance curriculum.

3. Strong oral and written communication skills.

4. Flexibility to teach in different modes, at day/evening times, and at various campus locations.

Join Us!

If you're ready to rethink what history can be - blending traditional scholarship with cutting-edge tools to prepare students for a connected, data-rich, and tech-driven future - we'd love to welcome you to TMCC. Let's make history matter more than ever.

Salary and Benefits Information

Salary: This position is a 9-month role, totaling 172 working days per year. The salaries listed below are based on this schedule, paid over 12 months:

Initial salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience:

Master's: $60,634 - $72,761

Master's + 30: $63,444 - $76,133

Ph.D: $68,739 - $82,487

Perks of Working at TMCC

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
• 19.25% retirement match, a beginning balance of 30 sick leave days, 12 paid holidays.
• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits
• Employer-paid long term disability (LTD) at 60% of salary up to $7,500 per month-UNUM.
• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.
• Compsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.
• Professional Grant-in-Aid TMCC is proud to provide a reduced rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible, children must be unmarried and the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee's spouse or domestic partner.
• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.
• No State income tax.
• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs

Additional Information

Transcripts

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Any expense related to the evaluation will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Sponsorship

TMCC is not able to support sponsorship for employment. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States at the time they begin employment.

Exempt
Yes

Full-Time Equivalent
100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact humanresources@tmcc.edu.

In order to be given full consideration all of the following must be attached to your application.

1) Resume/CV

2) Cover Letter

3) Contact Information for three Professional References - Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position.

4) Copy of Unofficial Transcript

Posting Close Date
09/19/2025

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement.

This posting will close at 12:00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to apply to after 11:59 pm the day prior.

All documents, including unofficial transcripts for academic positions, must be received prior to the closing date listed on the job announcement.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check upon hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

To apply, visit https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TMCC-External/job/TMCC---Truckee-Meadows-Community-College---Dandini-Campus/History-Instructor--Tenure-Track_R0148780-1

Truckee Meadows Community College is a comprehensive educational institution located in Reno, Nevada and is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. TMCCs five instructional sites and numerous community locations serves an increasingly diverse population of more than 11,000 students each semester. TMCC, an HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution), is a progressive institution that celebrates inclusion and diversity while supporting core themes of academic excellence, student success, and access to lifelong learning.

A vital leader in the New Nevadas growing economy, TMCC is located near the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains in an environment rich with a thriving arts, culture, food scene, abundant outdoor activities, and a family-friendly local community. It is only a 3.5 hour drive to San Francisco, CA, a 40-minute drive to Lake Tahoe, and within easy driving distance of four national parks (Great Basin, Yosemite, Lassen, and Death Valley). For more information, please go to www.tmcc.edu or view our virtual tour at tour.tmcc.edu.

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a persons age, disability, whether actual or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race, or religion.







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